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  1. Alto, B.W., Lord, C.C. 2015. Transstadial effects of Bti on traits of Aedes aegypti and infection with dengue virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(2):e0004370.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004370
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  4. Bargielowski, I.E., Lounibos, L.P. 2015. Satyrization and satyrization-resistance in competitive displacements of invasive mosquito species. Insect Science DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12291.
  5. Bargielowski, I.E., Lounibos, L.P., Shin, D., Smartt, C.T., Carrasquilla, M.C., Henry, A., Navarro, J.C., Paupy, C., Dennett, J.A., 2015. Widespread evidence for interspecific mating between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in nature. Inf. Genet. Evol. 36: 456-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2015.08.016
  6. Bingham, A.M., Burkett-Cadena, N.D., Hassan, H.K., Unnasch, T.R. 2015. Vector Competence and Capacity of Culex erraticus (Diptera: Culicidae) for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in the Southeastern United States. J. Med. Entomol. pii: tjv195. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme%2Ftjv195
  7. Buckner, E.A., Alto, B.W., Lounibos, L.P. 2015. Larval temperature–food effects on adult mosquito infection and vertical transmission of dengue-1. J. Med. Entomol. 50: 1291-1297. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme%2Ftjv145
  8. Burkett-Cadena, N.D., Bingham, A.M., Hunt, B., Morse, G., Unnasch, T.R. 2015. Ecology of Culiseta Melanura and Other Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Walton County, FL, During Winter Period 2013-2014. J. Med. Entomol. 52:1074-82. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme%2Ftjv087
  9. Burkett-Cadena, N.D., Blosser, E.M., Young, R.M., Toé, L.D., Unnasch, T.R. 2015. Carbon dioxide generated from carbonates and acids for sampling blood-feeding arthropods. Acta Trop.149:254-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.019
  10. Carrasquilla, M.C., Lounibos, L.P. 2015. Detection of insemination status in live Aedes aegypti females. J. Ins. Physiol. 75:1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.01.015
  11. Carrasquilla, M.C., Lounibos, L.P. 2015. Satyrization without evidence of successful insemination from interspecific mating between invasive mosquitoes. Biol. Lett. 11: 20150527. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0527
  12. Connelly, R.C., Alto, B.W., O’Meara, G.F. 2015. The spread of Culex coronator (Diptera: Culicidae) throughout Florida. Journal of Vector Ecology 41(1):195-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12213
  13. Day, J.F. 2015. AMCA Memorial Lecture Honoree: Dr. Richard Floyd Darsie, Jr. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31(4):392-400. https://doi.org/10.2987/moco-31-04-392-400.1
  14. Day, J.F., Tabachnick, W.J., Smartt, C.T. 2015. Factors that influence the transmission of West Nile virus in Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology. 1–12; DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv076
  15. Duguma, D., Hall, M. W., Rugman-Jones P., Stouthamer R., Neufeld, J. D., and Walton, W. E. 2015. Microbial communities and nutrient dynamics in experimental microcosms are altered after the application of a high dose of Bti. J. Appl. Ecol. 52: 763-773. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12422
  16. Duguma, D., Hall, M. W., Rugman-Jones, P., Stouthamer, R., Terenius, O., Neufeld, J. D., and Walton, W. E. 2015. Developmental succession of the microbiome of Culex mosquitoes. BMC Microbiol. 15 : 140. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-015-0475-8
  17. Glushakova, L.G., Bradley, A., Bradley, K., Alto, B.W., Hoshika, S., Hutter, Sharma, N., Yang, Z.Y., Kim, M.J., Benner, S.A. 2015. High-throughput multiplex xMAP Luminex array panel for detection of twenty two medically important mosquito-borne arboviruses based on innovations in synthetic biology. Journal of Virological Methods 214:60-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.01.003
  18. McGaha, T.W. Jr, Young, R.M., Burkett-Cadena, N.D., Iburg, J.P., Beau, J.M., Hassan, H.K., Katholi, C.R., Cupp, E.W., Baker, B.J., Unnasch, T.R. 2015. Noblet, R. Identification of communal oviposition pheromones from the black fly Simulium vittatum. PLoS One. 18:10(3):e0118904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118904
  19. Rey, J.R., Lounibos, P. 2015. Ecología de Aedes aegypti y Aedes albopictus en América y transmisión enfermedades (sic). Biomédica 35: 177-185. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v35i2.2514
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  21. Richards, S.L., Connelly, C.R., Day, J. F., Hope, T., Ortiz, R. 2015. Arthropods associated with carrion in a salt marsh habitat in southeastern Florida.  Florida Entomologist.  98(2):613-619. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.098.0234
  22. Ruktanonchai, N.W., Lounibos, L.P., Smith, D.L., Allan, S.A., 2015. Experience- and age-mediated oviposition behaviour in the yellow fever mosquito Stegomyia aegypti (=Aedes aegypti). Med. Vet. Entomol. 29: 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12119
  23. Shin, D., Smartt, C.T. 2016. Assessment of esterase gene expression as a risk marker for insecticide resistance in Florida Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Vector Ecology. 41(1):63-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12195
  24. Tabachnick, WJ. 2015. Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) vector competence for the citrus greening pathogen ‘Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus’. J. Econ. Entomol. 108(3): 839–848. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov038
  25. Vega-Rua, A., Lourenço-de-Oliveira, R., Mousson, L., Vazeille, M., Fuchs, S., Yebakima, A., Gustave, J., Girod, R., Dusfour, I., Leparc-Goffart, I., Vanlandingham, D.L., Huang, Y-J. S., Lounibos, P., Ali, S.M., Nougairede, A., Lamballerie, X. de., Failloux, A-B. 2015. Chikungunya virus transmission potential by local Aedes mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(5): e0003780. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003780
  26. Young, R.M., Burkett-Cadena, N.D., McGaha, T.W. Jr, Rodriguez-Perez, M.A., Toé, L.D., Adeleke, M.A., Sanfo, M., Soungalo, T., Katholi, C.R., Noblet, R., Fadamiro, H., Torres-Estrada, J.L., Salinas-Carmona, M.C., Baker, B., Unnasch, T.R., Cupp, E.W. 2015. Identification of human semiochemicals attractive to the major vectors of onchocerciasis. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 8:9(1):e3450. https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0003450
  27. Zhao, L., Kline, D.L., Becnel, J.J., Chen, J., Allan, S.A., Clark, G.G., and Linthicum, K.J. 2015. Identification and transcription profiling of NDUFS8 in Aedes taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae): developmental regulation and environmental response. Open Access Insect Physiology. 2015, 5: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.2147/OAIP.S70571